Chapter 0181

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Gently, Mark moved closer to the baby cot and lowered Aiden who had fallen asleep in his arms I to it.

He covered him well with the blankets and still patted him for a while before he pulled away.

He flexed his shoulders and rolled his neck and arm, that must have gone sore from carrying Alden for so

long.

Then he casually perched at the foot of the bed, his hands briefly grazed my feet before he placed his hands on his thighs.

"Why are you so keen on finding Lucas, though?" He asked as he faced the pole that was at the foot of the bed. He turned to me and his shoulders lifted in the briefest shrug, "I mean, it's been so long since he contacted you or tried to reach out to you. He hasn't made any attempt since he left."

did. "What if something happened to him and he's unable to reach out to anyone? What if he's scared if reaching out?" I shrugged, "There are

madly in love with a woman. Trust me when I tell you very clearly that that man," he mouth twisted bitterly, "my uncle, does not love you anymore. No matter the circumstances, no matter how high and disciplined a man's sense of reasoning is, when he is in love with a woman, at some point, all reasoning is unconsciously thrown in the air and they follow

to hide the pain that came whenever I remembered Lucas. You seem well versed in this

I'm sure that Lucas doesn't love you anymore, Sydney.

love for me. Sometimes, it felt

this because I care for you," he continued. He took my hand that was closest to him gently. And I don't want you to get hurt more than you already are. If Lucas loved you, he'd spend every of his free second, watching you vigilantly and preventing any male from approaching you and

you."

private investigator? Come on, a man, even though he's in love, has got his own life to

shoulders in a shrug, a smug smile dancing across his lip. "I know but it's our

me uninvited,"

chose to keep it to myself

fact that I had just teased him about him insisting on loving me a few

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